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Re: [LUG] Hliburton loses patent claim

 

On 19/12/06, Greg Dash <greg.dash1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> its good to hear that they didnt get the patiant, Halliburton are a very
> dodgy evil empire!

Yes, but the patent was refused on a technicality, rather than because
it was or contained software - this has happened a few times recently,
in fact more software patents have been refused recently for being of
poor quality than because they're actually software, which is a bit of
a shame.

A.

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